You're About to See an Incredibly Rare Cloud, and It's Proof the Climate Is Changing

Noctilucent clouds.

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In a few weeks, you may get to see evidence the atmosphere is changing -- if you’re lucky.

That’s when noctilucent clouds, the world’s highest, peak in number and show up in the night sky just after sunset as electric-blue swirls in the mesosphere, the coldest place on the planet.